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Keeping up to date: the value of training

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are dozens of training videos at your fingertips from Day 1. Sometimes though, I meet people who forlornly say that they would be more successful/confident/financially secure/[insert any other word here] if only their company would pay for them to go on a training course. Training courses paid for by someone else are even better.

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Review Blue Striped Frog – The agile community – Magazine (1st edition)

Henny Portman

Last week I received a few copies of a brand new magazine from Vincent Snijder, the editor in chief. A magazine for the Blue Striped Frog community of professionals who are engaged in transformations towards increasing organizational agility. For this magazine both options are possible (see below).

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2023

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Give a presentation at work If you take a training course or attend a webinar, offer to give a 15-minute summary version to your team at the next team meeting. Claim pre-course work and homework If you are doing an online or in-person training course, you’ll probably be sent some pre-course work or assignments to do outside of class time.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Take a training course online , or learn yourself from the manual, then sit the exam. A Practitioner training course is typically 5 days, where you learn the basics early in the week, take the Foundation paper on the Wednesday and then learn the more advanced stuff and take the Practitioner exam on the Friday.

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PDUs for CAPM: The Complete Guide for 2023

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Look at your company’s strategic plan or industry magazines (not specifically project management related – ones that relate to the industry that you work in). Include a debrief afterwards either alone as a reflection exercise or with the team. 2 Earn 2 Strategic and Business PDUs for 2 hours of reading. 2 Watch webinars.

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How To Make Time for Professional Development

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you ever find yourself stuck for work, you’ve got a rich background of formal and informal training to supplement your experience. Below are some options for finding time to fit training into your working week, including how to collect those Professional Development Units project managers need to maintain your PMI credentials.

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are doing an online or in-person training course, you’ll probably be sent some pre-course work or assignments to do outside of the class time. If you take a training course or attend a webinar, offer to give a 15 minute summary version to your team at the next team meeting. Others are simple to do but come with a cost.

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